Weekly Wellness
Issue 366
Featured Article
Coming to Terms with Your Body Shape What do you see when you look in the mirror? Researchers report that women's and men's perceptions of their bodies differ...
Fitness Tip
Need to Stop Embarrassing Flatulence?
Try baking soda! To fight back against a gas attack, add a pinch of baking soda to a glass of water and drink it down, suggests a leading holistic nutritionist. You may also want to forgo fruit at the end of a meal, because it causes fermentation. Better to have your fruit first thing in the morning or at least an hour or so after a meal.
Nutrition Tip
Start Smart
Begin lunch and dinner with a vegetable rich salad or broth-based soup, says Pennsylvania State University satiety expert Barbara Rolls, author of "The volumetrics Eating Plan". That lets you fill up first on a big volume of low-calorie food and ends up displacing some of the foods you will eat next -- the choices that are usually higher in calories. Here's a good salad recipe: Mix 1-1/2 cups of salad greens with 3/4 cup of raw vegetables like onions, bell peppers, carrots, broccoli, or cucumbers; drizzle with 2 tablespoons of low-calorie bottled dressing. Try more Low Calorie Recipes Section 1.
Quip or Quote of the Week
Quote:
Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. --Jim Fiebig
Quick Recipe
Blender Peanut Butter
1 cup roasted shelled peanuts
1-1/2 teaspoons peanut oil
1/4 teaspoon salt (omit salt if salted peanuts are used)
Place ingredients in blender. With the lid secured, blend until mixture becomes paste-like or spreadable (3 to 4 minutes). If necessary, stop the machine and use a rubber spatula to scrape mixture from the sides of the container back into contact with the blade. Continue blending until desired consistency is reached.
For crunchy peanut butter, stir in 1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts after the blending is completed.
Yields 1/2 cup creamy or 3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter.
Store in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator. Oil may rise to the top. If this occurs, stir before using.
Tidbit(s)
Glucosamine in Your OJ?
An 8-ounce glass of Minute Maid Active has 750 milligrams of glucosaimine, to "help protect healthy joints", as the label says. Only one problem: in the largest study done so far, it didn't. That's one reason why the word "arthritis" doesn't appear on the label. Instead, the carton sticks to the structure-or-function claim. Since it doesn't mention a disease, it requires no proof. Bottom line: Ignore glucosamine claims on juice labels.
Food Fixes
Eating foods like walnuts or seafood will help reduce the production of adrenaline, a stress hormone that contributes to an increase in belly fat.
Always use canned or cooked pineapple in gelatin salads. Fresh pineapple and kiwi fruit will prevent the salad from setting.
Tasty Tidbit...
For an extra-easy appetizer dip, spread room temperature reduced-fat cream cheese onto a round platter and top with a half jar of hot mango chutney.
More Cooking Tips and Quick Cooking Tips on the Web site!